Artaxerxes (1762)

Composer
Thomas Augustine Arne
Author
Thomas Augustine Arne
Author
Pietro Metastasio
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Ballad Opera/Burletta/Opera
Performance Medium
Musical
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£29,892 14s 6d £16,260 (54.4%) £13,632 14s 6d (45.6%)
1732 - 1809
£29,892 14s 6d - (100%) £16,260 (54.4%) £13,632 14s 6d (45.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
180 128 52
1732 - 1809
180 128 52
Notes
Based on the Metastasio's libretto for 'Artaserses' (1730).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
13 Jan 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Enchanted Castle No No No £318 1s 6d 58% N/A
20 Jan 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Enchanted Castle No No No £295 7s 56% N/A
17 Feb 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Country Wife, The Indian's Ransom No No No £259 58% N/A
20 Feb 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Devil upon Two Sticks No No No £256 12s 52% N/A
26 Feb 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Enchanted Castle No No No £266 12s 56% N/A
06 Mar 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Barnaby Brittle No No No £180 1s 6d 100% N/A
12 Apr 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Devil upon Two Sticks, The Wapping Landlady No No No £137 16s 6d 45% N/A
03 May 1787 Covent Garden Annette And Lubin, Artaxerxes, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No Yes £312 6s 57% N/A
25 Oct 1787 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Englishman in Paris, The Minuet de la Cour No No No £164 17s 6d 34% N/A
30 Nov 1787 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Humourist No No No £75 15s 35% N/A
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